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The Blue Ballet - April 20 & 21 at the Erie Playhouse. Join the Lake Erie Ballet as they perform music and choreography inspired by the iconic British band, the Moody Blues. "Their music embodied so much for an entire generation, it left an indelible mark on all of us. ... the use of both traditional and electronic musical instruments set the tone for a new frontier of art and a slowly evolving attitude that still resonates within us today."
~ Alethea Bodine, Executive Director of the Lake Erie Ballet |
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Nutcracker 2011 DVD & Data Combo contains Slideshows for the DVD player and over 1000 high resolution images from Jody Farbotnik and Ashlyn Duke that can be accessed on any computer.
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Dance For PD - a new program for people suffering from Parkinson Disease. This popular class, which has been offered at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn since 2001, is appropriate for anyone with PD, no matter how advanced. No dance experience is required. In chairs, at a barre or moving across the floor, you will explore elements of modern dance, ballet, tap, folk and social dancing, and Mark Morris company repertory in a non-pressured, social environment in which live music energizes, enriches and empowers.
Classes begin again Wednesday, Jan. 25 12:30-2:00 pm at Lake Erie Ballet Studios. Register for classes by calling 871-4356 x101 more info... |
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Hugh Keelan returns to Erie to conduct the 53rd Annual Nutcracker at the Warner Theatre. Hugh is best known in the Erie area as Music Director for the Erie Philharmonic from 2000 to 2006. Maestro Keelan's repertoire encompasses the body of the standard orchestral, concerto and operatic repertoire. Complete cycles of Beethoven and Brahms are complemented by an impressive array of premiers (World, American, European) by such composers as William Alexander, Keith Amos, Bruce Broughton, Robin Holloway, Jiri Pauer, Bernard Rands, Eric Tanguy, Reza Vali and Richard Wernick. |
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Gina Illingworth, returns to Lake Erie Ballet as Artistic Advisor. A native of the San Francisco Bay area, Ms. lllingworth has danced with the Oakland Ballet and the National Ballet of Norway for five years. She was also principal dancer with the Cleveland Ballet and permanent guest artist/teacher with Ballet Tucson. Principal ballet roles include; Kitri in Nureyev's Don Quixote, Swanhilda in Coppelia, the Sylph in La Sylphide, Cinderella, Carmen, Giselle, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has performed leading roles in many Balanchine ballets including Apollo, Donizetti Variations and Serenade. Other lead roles include works by choreographers such as Glen Tetley, Alvin Ailey, Rudi Van Danzig, Jiri Kylian and Agnes De Mille. |
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Point Park University in Pittsburgh joins forces with Lake Erie Ballet for Nutcracker 2011. Career Accomplishments of some Conservatory Alumni include: Pearlann Porter - Founding Artistic Director and principle choreographer of The Pillow Project, and one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch in 2010" and Rob Ashford - Choreographed for Cry Baby, Curtains, The Wedding Singer, and 2002 Tony Winner for Choreography for Thoroughly Modern Millie and many many more. |
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